Donald Trump’s ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for perjury
- The perjury charges stem from Allen Weisselberg’s testimony at a civil fraud case New York state Attorney General Letitia James brought against Trump
- Weisselberg and other executives at Trump’s family real estate company had manipulated property values to dupe lenders and insurers
Former Trump Organisation Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to perjury charges for lying to investigators and a judge about Donald Trump’s finances.
Judge Laurie Peterson handed down the sentence at a hearing in Manhattan criminal court. The sentence was in line with the punishment the judge said she would impose at Weisselberg’s March 4 plea hearing.
The sentence will mark the second stint behind bars for the former US president’s long-time loyal deputy.
Weisselberg, 76, spent around three months in New York’s Rikers Island jail in 2023 after pleading guilty to taking part in a 15-year tax fraud scheme at the Trump Organisation.
The perjury charges stem from Weisselberg’s testimony at a civil fraud case New York state Attorney General Letitia James brought against Trump, Weisselberg and other executives at Trump’s family real estate company for manipulating property values to dupe lenders and insurers.
Weisselberg testified at the trial on October 10 that he was not involved in an incorrect valuation of Trump’s Manhattan town house. Trump’s 2015 and 2016 financial statements valued the unit at US$327 million based on its stated size of more than 30,000 square feet, nearly three times the actual size.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, which brought the charges against Weisselberg, said the former CFO’s emails showed he was in fact paying close attention to the flat.